(12-01-2011, 07:15 PM)Gabriel Belmont Wrote: Interesting, it seems like going from a Sandy Bridge to an Ivy Bridge isn't going to be the huge switch I was hoping for.

It all depends on the overclocking potential. If everything else is equal it will be an about 10% increase for the same clock speeds. With my Sandy Bridge i can hit 4,2 ghz at 1,22 volts with stock cooling. If you can overclock the Ivy Bridge close to 5.0 Ghz with no need for extra cooling/voltage for example the benefit might be up to 30%. All in all, it's overclocking potential will play a huge role in how much it is worth, since the new TDP level of the cpu's seems rather conservative from Intel (they lowered it).

(12-01-2011, 07:15 PM)Gabriel Belmont Wrote: Interesting, it seems like going from a Sandy Bridge to an Ivy Bridge isn't going to be the huge switch I was hoping for.

It all depends on the overclocking potential. If everything else is equal it will be an about 10% increase for the same clock speeds. With my Sandy Bridge i can hit 4,2 ghz at 1,22 volts with stock cooling. If you can overclock the Ivy Bridge close to 5.0 Ghz with no need for extra cooling/voltage for example the benefit might be up to 30%. All in all, it's overclocking potential will play a huge role in how much it is worth, since the new TDP level of the cpu's seems rather conservative from Intel (they lowered it).

I'm leaning more towards the Sandy Bridge E i7 3960X right now.
I just can't get that thing out of my head, almost like it was love in first sight.....

Intel doesn't work that way. Intel doesn't lower prices on older cpus until they have been out for many years. They just replace the entire lineup from top to bottom with a new lineup. Ivy bridge will be a much larger step up for laptops then it will be for desktops due to the lower TDP.

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Quote: I read once the performance was 30% more pr. clock, is that not correct?

No where close to that even under the BEST circumstances let alone practical application tests.

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